US jobless applications fell to 199,000 in the week ending December 27, marking the lowest reading in weeks. The figure signals that employers remain reluctant to cut payrolls despite economic uncertainties approaching the year’s end. The unexpected decline, down 16,000 from the previous week’s revised 215,000, underscores a labor market characterised by minimal layoff activity,
The market performance of altcoins during 2025 followed Bitcoin because investors chose to invest in digital assets that operated under established frameworks and demonstrated practical applications. The TradingView data shows Bitcoin experienced a 7% year-to-date decline because of an early-October market downturn, which also caused altcoin market capitalization to drop by 46% from its highest
Bitcoin investors are looking ahead to the new year with cautious optimism after a volatile 2025. Despite recent turbulence, Cory Klippsten – the chief executive of Swan Bitcoin – believes the digital asset is poised for a sharp rally over the next 12 months. Speaking recently with CNBC, Klippsten argued that BTC’s adoption curve, institutional
India’s small-cap stocks had a year to forget in 2025. Even though India’s large caps managed to put up a decent showing, the small caps suffered after a strong run in the last 2 years. High valuations, earnings misses added to its woes. Most of the stocks are trading below their 52-week highs as well.
Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has defied its earnings slump to become the standout US airline stock in 2025. In the first nine months of this year, the air carrier saw its profit crash an alarming 42%. Still, LUV shares are currently up more than 70% versus their year-to-date low in late April. More importantly, Southwest
By most conventional measures, 2025 should have been remembered as crypto’s breakthrough year. Regulation finally arrived in force. Institutional capital flowed through regulated channels. Bitcoin printed a new high. Stablecoins crossed multi-trillion-dollar volumes. On-chain markets expanded beyond native tokens into equities and commodities. And yet, as the year closes, the dominant mood is not triumph
Banks have enjoyed a formidable moat built on customer relationships, regulatory privilege, and distribution networks for decades. – but that moat was breached in 2025. Embedded finance, the integration of payment, lending, insurance, and investing directly into non-financial platforms, became mainstream this year – shifting the locus of value creation away from banks and toward
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South Korean satellite launch company Innospace attempted to achieve its first commercial rocket launch mission from Brazil’s Alcantara Space Centre on Monday, but the launch led to a failure, a setback for both the company and Brazil’s aerospace aspirations. Five days after its initial target timeline, the launch of Innospace’s HANBIT-Nano vehicle occurred at 10:13 p.m.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has agreed to personally backstop a crucial portion of the financing behind Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), intensifying a high-stakes takeover battle that could reshape Hollywood’s streaming landscape. Paramount said on Monday that Ellison has provided an “irrevocable personal guarantee” covering $40.4 billion of equity financing for